GACE EPP Program Update Webinar Welcome to the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators® (GACE®) Program Update Webinar for Educator Preparation Programs Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3 p m ET[.]
Welcome to the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators® (GACE®) Program Update Webinar for Educator Preparation Programs Tuesday, April 19, 2016 p.m ET Presented by Cory M Murphy, Ph.D ETS Client Relations Director for GACE Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved Topics for Today’s Webinar • Program Provider Sections of the GACE Website • Services and Tools • Resources for EPPs • Preparing Your Teacher Candidates ã Questions 4/19/16 Copyright â 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved Program Provider Sections of the GACE Website • The Program Provider section of the GACE website contains materials specifically for program providers – Information about the tests and preparing teacher candidates – Scores – Services and Tools – Resources – FAQs www.gace.ets.org/program_providers 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved GACE Website (cont’d.) • These sections contain materials specifically for program providers: – Information about the tests, preparing your teacher candidates, and scores – Information about the GACE Ethics and Teacher Leadership assessments – Information about the Performance Assessment for School leaders • The Program Provider “GACE Services and Tools” area contains information about ETS® Data Manager (EDM) for GACE and how you can gain access to that tool 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved GACE Website (cont’d.) • The Program Provider “Resources” section provides information that will help you keep up to date about the GACE assessments; it includes: – GACE Interactive Practice Test Order Form o o This form is to be used by program providers only for bulk orders of GACE interactive practice tests when an electronic form of payment is not available and your payment is being made by check or purchase order Orders using a credit card must be place through the ETS Store – GACE Newsletter (both current and past issues) • Focuses on upcoming events, reminders about important deadlines, suggestions on how to improve the test-taker experience, and other important announcements regarding the GACE program – GACE Registration Quick-reference Guide • Provides step-by-step instructions with accompanying images of the GACE online registration system Candidates can use this as a guide when registering to take a GACE test 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved GACE Website (cont’d.) • Registration Bulletin – A free publication for test takers that contains program policies, tests offered, test dates, registration information, fees, score reporting information, and more • Registration Flyers – This flyer answers the questions test takers most often ask about registering to test – Available for you to download and distribute to your educators • Understanding Your GACE Scores – Includes information about how GACE assessments are scored, explanations of score scales used by raters, and answers to frequently asked questions about GACE score reports and scoring policies 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved GACE Website (cont’d.) • GACE Ethics – Contains information about: • Georgia Educator Ethics and Georgia Ethics for Educational Leadership assessments • Eligibility and registration • Resources and tips for taking the assessments www.gace.ets.org/ethics • Teacher Leadership – Contains information about: • The portfolio-based Teacher Leadership assessment, including tasks and requirements • Eligibility and registration • Resources and tips for taking the assessment www.gace.ets.org/teacher_leadership 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved GACE Website (cont’d.) • Performance Assessment for School Leaders (PASL) – Contains information about: • • • • The portfolio-based PASL, including tasks and requirements Registration and submission Adopting the assessment Supporting test takers • PASL will be in effect July 2018 www.gace.ets.org/pasl/about 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved Program Provider Services and Tools • ETS Data Manager for GACE Assessments – The ETS Data Manager for GACE assessments is a dynamic interactive statistical tool that uses GACE data to analyze testtaker performance – The ETS Data Manager offers many analytical functions, including sophisticated searching, data comparison, and chart and table creation Candidates' scores may also be accessed through the ETS Data Manager • Gaining Access to ETS Data Manager – Due to the nature of the data contained in the ETS Data Manager, access is restricted to authorized program providers who have been individually designated by the GaPSC and supplied with secure log-in credentials to enter the system 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved Services and Tools (cont’d.) • Course Mapping Chart for GACE Test Subareas and Objectives – The Course Matching chart may be used to compare your program’s course offerings to the content described by the objectives in the subareas for a particular test 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved 10 ... Testing Service All rights reserved Program Provider Sections of the GACE Website • The Program Provider section of the GACE website contains materials specifically for program providers – Information...Topics for Today’s Webinar • Program Provider Sections of the GACE Website • Services and Tools • Resources for EPPs • Preparing Your Teacher Candidates • Questions... www .gace. ets.org /program_ providers 4/19/16 Copyright © 2016 by Educational Testing Service All rights reserved GACE Website (cont’d.) • These sections contain materials specifically for program